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1. ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL OF PERMANENT COURT OF
ARBITRATION WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL MEETING APRIL 29, 1975.
THE AMBASSADOR HAS BEEN ASKED TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING:
(A) THE AGENDA OF THE MEETING
(B) THE STATEMENT OF EXPENSES OVER THE YEAR 1974
(C) THE BUDGET FOR 1975
(D) THE REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL OVER
THE YEAR 1974
(E) NOMINATION OF ERNST VAN DER BEUGEL AS A
MEMBER OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CARNEGIE
FOUNDATION REPLACING D.G. DE GRAEFF WHO IS RETIRING.
2. DUE LATE SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS FROM PERMANENT
COURT WHICH PREVENTED EMBASSY FROM TRANSMITTING THEM
TO DEPARTMENT IN TIME TO BE CONSIDERED, EMBASSY
REQUESTS TELEGRAPHIC AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE ITEMS
IN PARA 1. THE 1974 BUDGET WAS FOR 176,536.50
GUILDERS. THE 1975 BUDGET CALLS FOR EXPENDITURE OF
188,246.10 GUILDERS.
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 02 THE HA 02046 230636Z
3. THE DEPARTMENT WILL RECALL THAT AT ITS 1972
SESSION THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL VOTED TO EXCISE
THE NAMES OF THE ROC ARBITRATORS. THE UNITED STATES
HAS ENTERED A RESERVATION OF DISSENT ON THIS PROCEDURE
EACH YEAR SINCE THEN. THE 1975 DRAFT REPORT CONTAINS
ON PAGE 11 THE IDENTICAL NOTE OF THE SECRETARY-
GENERAL REGARDING THE DELETION OF THE NAMES OF THE
ROC ARBITRATORS AS APPROVED IN 1974 AND PREVIOUS
YEARS.
4. SYG VAN BOETZELAER INFORMED EMBASSY APRIL 22 THAT
MFA STATE SECRETARY KOOIJMANS WHO WILL CHAIR ANNUAL
MEETING WILL PROPOSE THAT NOTE ON ROC ARBITRATORS
BE DELETED. SYG SAID THAT PRC HAS NEVER SHOWN
INTEREST IN ASSOCIATING ITSELF WITH PERMANENT COURT,
AND THAT PROPOSAL TO DELETE NOTE FROM REPORT IS BEING
MADE IN HOPE THAT THEY WILL BEGIN TO PARTICIPATE.
SIMILAR PROPOSAL WAS MADE BY FRENCH AMBASSADOR DURING
1973 ADMIN. COUNCIL MEETING AND WAS SUPPORTED BY UK
AMBASSADOR, (REFAIR). U.S. AND USSR AMBASSADORS
OPPOSED MOVE, AND WHEN NO CONSENSUS FOR PROPOSAL WAS
REACHED, CHAIRMAN MOVED ON TO NEXT ITEM ON AGENDA.
5. EMBASSY REQUESTS INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMBASSADOR'S
PARTICIPATION IN MEETING. IN ABSENCE OF INSTRUCTIONS
HE OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE WILL OPPOSE PROPOSAL TO DELETE SYG'S NOTE
AND ENTER RESERVATION ON DELETION OF NAMES OF ROC ARBITRATORS
AS IN PAST YEARS.
GOULD
UNCLASSIFIED
NNN

Raw content

UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 01 THE HA 02046 230636Z
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ACTION IO-10
INFO OCT-01 EUR-12 ISO-00 L-02 OIC-02 CIAE-00 INR-07
NSAE-00 TRSE-00 AF-06 ARA-10 EA-10 NEA-09 OMB-01
ABF-01 /071 W
--------------------- 001812
P 221629Z APR 75
FM AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5746
UNCLAS THE HAGUE 2046
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: AORG, ABUD, US, PCA
SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: PERMANENT
COURT OF ARBITRATION
REF: THE HAGUE A-74 APRIL 16, 1973
1. ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL OF PERMANENT COURT OF
ARBITRATION WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL MEETING APRIL 29, 1975.
THE AMBASSADOR HAS BEEN ASKED TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING:
(A) THE AGENDA OF THE MEETING
(B) THE STATEMENT OF EXPENSES OVER THE YEAR 1974
(C) THE BUDGET FOR 1975
(D) THE REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL OVER
THE YEAR 1974
(E) NOMINATION OF ERNST VAN DER BEUGEL AS A
MEMBER OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CARNEGIE
FOUNDATION REPLACING D.G. DE GRAEFF WHO IS RETIRING.
2. DUE LATE SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS FROM PERMANENT
COURT WHICH PREVENTED EMBASSY FROM TRANSMITTING THEM
TO DEPARTMENT IN TIME TO BE CONSIDERED, EMBASSY
REQUESTS TELEGRAPHIC AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE ITEMS
IN PARA 1. THE 1974 BUDGET WAS FOR 176,536.50
GUILDERS. THE 1975 BUDGET CALLS FOR EXPENDITURE OF
188,246.10 GUILDERS.
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 02 THE HA 02046 230636Z
3. THE DEPARTMENT WILL RECALL THAT AT ITS 1972
SESSION THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL VOTED TO EXCISE
THE NAMES OF THE ROC ARBITRATORS. THE UNITED STATES
HAS ENTERED A RESERVATION OF DISSENT ON THIS PROCEDURE
EACH YEAR SINCE THEN. THE 1975 DRAFT REPORT CONTAINS
ON PAGE 11 THE IDENTICAL NOTE OF THE SECRETARY-
GENERAL REGARDING THE DELETION OF THE NAMES OF THE
ROC ARBITRATORS AS APPROVED IN 1974 AND PREVIOUS
YEARS.
4. SYG VAN BOETZELAER INFORMED EMBASSY APRIL 22 THAT
MFA STATE SECRETARY KOOIJMANS WHO WILL CHAIR ANNUAL
MEETING WILL PROPOSE THAT NOTE ON ROC ARBITRATORS
BE DELETED. SYG SAID THAT PRC HAS NEVER SHOWN
INTEREST IN ASSOCIATING ITSELF WITH PERMANENT COURT,
AND THAT PROPOSAL TO DELETE NOTE FROM REPORT IS BEING
MADE IN HOPE THAT THEY WILL BEGIN TO PARTICIPATE.
SIMILAR PROPOSAL WAS MADE BY FRENCH AMBASSADOR DURING
1973 ADMIN. COUNCIL MEETING AND WAS SUPPORTED BY UK
AMBASSADOR, (REFAIR). U.S. AND USSR AMBASSADORS
OPPOSED MOVE, AND WHEN NO CONSENSUS FOR PROPOSAL WAS
REACHED, CHAIRMAN MOVED ON TO NEXT ITEM ON AGENDA.
5. EMBASSY REQUESTS INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMBASSADOR'S
PARTICIPATION IN MEETING. IN ABSENCE OF INSTRUCTIONS
HE OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE WILL OPPOSE PROPOSAL TO DELETE SYG'S NOTE
AND ENTER RESERVATION ON DELETION OF NAMES OF ROC ARBITRATORS
AS IN PAST YEARS.
GOULD
UNCLASSIFIED
NNN